Michael McCabe, Mike, reached out to Geek Native through his influential web of contacts with an offer we could not refuse. The deal? He was about to play the brand new The One Ring RPG and was prepared to give us his gameplay impressions. Thanks Mike! Last week, a friend and fellow roleplayer received his […]
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Dungeon Master Gurls
I missed this last year. I’ve two theories as to how that managed to happen. Theory 1: I reached California Gurls parody overload. In a defensive move my brain developed a way to ignore anything that mentioned Katy Perry, California Gurls and perhaps even the word “parody” on Youtube. Theory 2: I was distracted by […]
Sexy pirate RPG covers for Talk Like a Pirate Day
You will have noticed that today is Talk LIke a Pirate Day. Sites are doing pirate things all over the web. All over the web pirate things are going on. Oh, wait, ahem… What will Geek Native do? Some clever, academic, geeky pirate essay? No. This blog will instead offer up a bunch of pirate […]
Paizo announces subscription for Pathfinder models
Fancy subscribing to a series of RPG minis? It was back in June when Paizo paried up with WizKids to start producing Pathfinder models and now gamers can automatically recieve boxes of them on release. There are other perks for gamers die-hard enough to step forward with the cash for the subscription. There’s a 75% […]
Win Heroes of Neverwinter beta codes
Update! The goalposts shifted on us, folks! Everyone who entered this competition already is a winner! There are still some codes left in the new flash competition. Did you play Dungeons & Dragons: Tiny Adventures only to wake up one day and find it yanked from Facebook? Perhaps you’ve been hearing more and more chat […]
RPG Musical: Role Initiative
Okay, keep playing through the first few seconds of over dramatised musical and the actual video begins. This video is actually an entry for the 2011 Windy City 72 hour film competition. If that means they only had 72 hours to put it together – it’s very good. They had extra requirements; they had to […]
The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild RPG review
The One Ring RPG is the latest Lord of the Rings roleplaying games. My main aspiration when I bought the game, buying it as a pre-order, was that it felt like Lord of the Rings. I think we all have our own take on Lord of the Rings. We now even have a generation of […]
Augmented Reality CCG – Drako
I remember Eye of Judgement well. I never played it – but I saw friends beginning to dabble with it. It was a collectable card game that the PS Eye turned into something special. The camera would scan the cards being used in the game and provide some pretty cool animations. The game was closed […]
Dark Crystal RPG in the works
There’s a rumour there will be a sequel to the Dark Crystal. According to the gossip, Omnilab Media and The Jim Henson Company will produce a 3D movie called “Power of the Dark Crystal” with special effects and puppets. It’s been suggested that Michael and Peter Spierig will direct. To be honest, only time will […]
Fffuuu says: Merchants in RPGs are greedy buggers
I think this ffffuuu-style comic is 100% true. There’s no doubt in this blogger’s mind that this is exactly how merchants, traders and shop owners behave in computer RPGs. I suspect merchants and traders might try this approach in some traditional tabletop RPGs too! What do you think?
